I AM mentioned in “Jane Fonda: The Private Life of a Public Woman.” I love author Patricia Bosworth, who’s done best-selling bios on types from Montgomery Clift to Marlon Brando. Jane Fonda, I don’t love.

Early on I interviewed her on radio. She was ice-cold and ungiving. I’ve since crossed her presence repeatedly. Always ice-cold and ungracious. And with her Vietnam-era anti-Americanism, I’d dislike her even if I loved her. So I asked what Patty maybe mightn’t have included in her book.

“What I should have put in but didn’t,” she said, “is her bitterness toward acting coach Andreas Voutsinas.

“She was ridiculed for living with this gay guy three years in the 1960s. Top coach at the Actors Studio, he helped her. Taught her makeup. He was also controlling and domineering.

“She had to break away. Even after the break, he stayed in Jane’s life during her marriages to Roger Vadim and Tom Hayden.

“She was bitter about Andreas, who kept tabs on her. Checked up on her. Kept a lock of her hair. After not seeing her 15 years, he showed suddenly at one of her movie premieres.

“They stared at one another. She said nothing to him because, as she put it later, ‘He didn’t say anything to me.’

“Even today he’s not nice about her. He recalls her insecurities and fat ankles.

“She always thought each of her marriages would work. They didn’t. Vadim was dictatorial. Hayden — she supported and funded his political campaigns. Ted Turner’s mistresses are known. And so it started with Andreas. Always men who dominated her and reminded her of her inaccessible father.

“I wish I’d put in more of her resentment toward him … but I didn’t.”

MELISSA (“Mike & Molly”) McCarthy’s Emmy moment: “My knees were shaking. So excited, I worried I’d fall down.” … Fashion stylists, looked upon to make great pronouncements, now making great pronouncements: “Skinny and tight is out; flouncy, ruffles, uneven hems are in.” So keep that in mind next time you’re waiting for the subway … William Kennedy, who delivers little blockbusters like “Ironweed,” reading his new book “Chango’s Beads and Two-Tone Shoes” at Union Square’s Barnes & Noble tomorrow 7 p.m. The specially blessed get dinner after.

CARE to hear how truly great writers do it? Sam Shepard says: “I don’t own a computer. I write longhand. In notebooks. It’s then typed up. And retyped until I feel I’ve got it.” … WNBC-TV’s blond anchor Erika Tarantal, married last year, becomes a mommy next year. . . Being King James Bible’s 400th year anniversary, only biblical scholars know they’ve just found Cain’s memo to Abel. It says: “Mom always liked me best.” … Hustling her “Recipes for Life,” Linda Evans headlining Mission Viejo’s reading festival, Ultimate Women’s Expo in LA, and hits here next week.

CASSANDRA Huysentruyt, wife of Paramount’s Brad Grey, coming to town. Her LA vintage couture boutique, Colette Atelier, soon has its own nook in Bergdorf’s. She says: “I’ve collected all my life. Even out of an apartment for years. Now it’s Hollywood ladies’ go-to source. To give these pieces another life, I scour the planet for celebrity designers work.

“Price is based on the market and what the original sold for. Chanel is highly desirable. Others maybe not. You can’t just quantify it, but this must be affordable. Part of the story is to convert the consumer to the collector.

“These original creations are pieces of art. I celebrate fashion. I love it.”

A LOFT building in the West 20s, which sees many showbiz personalities, had one big floor that late night turned into a bordello. Police informed the building’s unaware owner, and its tenant was thrown out. So anyone out there who planned to visit, forget it. Go to the movies instead.

WHAT’s to love about NYC? Glenn Close likes exercising mutts Bill and Jake in Central Park … Daniel Radcliffe’s thing is walking the West Village … For P. Seymour Hoffman, pals for long lunch, lots of coffee and conversation … Ellen DeGeneres on long ago’s breakup with Anne Heche: “I was devastated. Staring at the wall for days. I’d sit and not know where the day went. Sun would come up, go down, and I didn’t notice.”

SUCH doings at Nino’s Tuscany on West 58th: Irving Fields playing piano. Fotog Steve Barkaszi insisting we see something called “The Derek Jeter Plays” at South Street Seaport’s Algonquin Theater. And Dr. Marc Lazare’s mother-in-law Diane Rothman, over a large portion of spaghetti: “Listen, I don’t care what anyone says, pasta is a protein.”